Improvement in shade-holders for lamps



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" l Letters Patent No. 112,459, dated Marchi?, 18'771.

, l IMPROVEMENT in sl-lAnla-Hoimsas. FoR'LAMPs.

The' Sclxednlcrefend to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

Tialltvhom tt may concern.' l l y p it ,known that I, MARrWIGGnrs HoUsE, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State yof Ohio`,;h`av`e `made an invention" of a new and useful shadefholder for Lamps; `and that thefollowing is a full,"clear, and exact description of the same.

Myimprovd shade-holder consists of a Vseries of hook-endedarms hinged to aringywhich combines the arms together, and `fitted1 attheir lo'wer ends with palmsto embrace the lampvfont.

`In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 representsthe shade-holder, with'its memhbers inthe positionsoccnpied by them when the imv a. plementis appliedto alamp.

l Figure 2 representsm the implement V with itsarms Figure 3 represents a plan `of the same. Y The implement in this `instancehas three arms, A A A, butthis number may be increased. l .Each arm is hook-ended at its kupper end b, to rel ceive the rim of the shade.`

Each arm is hinged near its butt to a ring, O, which connects all the arms togethers` Each"arm`,`moreover, is `ttedat'its lower end with apalm, d, vwhich is groovecl, as at m, to 'embrace the` bead orl belt usually found at. the largestdiameter of a lamp-fon t.

As each arm isl hinged to the ring at a point betweenits end and its palm or butt, the weight of the shape pressing upon the hook end causes the' arm to act as a lever, so that its palm embraces the lampfont with a strongpressure.

Whenitheimplement is to be transported the arms lmay beturned inward, as represented at igsf2 and 3, `so that the implement then occupies but a smallspace,

and mayreadlilyV -e packed inside of the shade itis intended to support.

What I claim as 'my invention, and` desire to se'- cnre by Letters`Patent, is

The improvedshade-holder, constructed as herein- Abefore set forth, with a series of' hook-ended arms,

hinged to aring, and fitted at their buttwith palms ,to embrace the lamp-font.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this 22d day of November, A. D. 1870. I M. HOUSE.

Witnesses:

E. C. 000K, W. L. BENNEM. 

